Cassell's concise natural history : being a complete series of descriptions of animal life / [E. Perceval Wright].

  • Edward Percival Wright
Date:
1885
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    INDEX Kingdoms, Sub-Jcingdoms, and Classes in Small Capitals ; Illustrations in Italics. A AarcL-vark, 214. Aard-Wolf, 93. Abyssinian Wort Hog, 146. Acanthopterygii (Bony Fishes), 423. Achetidse (Insects), 478. Aeon (a boat used for travel- ling over mud beds), 558. Acorn Shells, 531. Actinozoa (Zoophytes), 583 —593. Adams, Prof. Leith : Water Pheasant, 234. Adelsburg, Cavern at; Pro- teus anguinus, 400. ^Ethiopian Wart Hog, 146. African Beefeater, 267. Brush-tailed Porcupine, 203. Elephant, 172—174. Elephant Shrew, 66 Mice, 176. Mud Fish, 457. Rhinoceros, 141. Africans Hunting Croco- diles, 362. Agassiz, Alexander; tail- fins of fossil and recent fishes, 416, 417. Agassiz, Mrs.: Basket Fish, 568. Agouti, 69, 203. Ai, Yellow-throated, 211. Air-bladder of Fishes, 419. Albatross, 338. Alcyonidce (Zoophytes), 589. Alexandrine Parrakeets, 287. Alimentary System, 9, 225, 349, 397, 417. Alligator, 360. Allmann, Dr. : Basking Shark Fringes, 463 ; Po- tamogale ferox, 70; Rlii- zopods, 604; Hydroids, 593. Alpaca, 151. Alpine Viscacha, 196. Alytes obstetricans (Frog); its peculiar habits, 407, Amazon Ants, 504. American Beaver, 189. Blue Jay, 245. Bull Frog, 412.. Creeper, 270. Hang-nests, 257. Hares, 209. Jerboa, 185. Lizards, 376. Red-billed Tree Duck, 335. Amherst's, Lady, Pheasant, 303. Amphioxus ; absence of a skull, 417 ; its alimentary system, ib. Amphiumidse (Batrachia), 400. Anacanthini (Fishes), 436. Anchovy, 453. Anderson : Budorcas, 163; Prong-homed Antelope, 162. Anderson, Rev. W.; Electric Fish ; Malapterurus, 444. Anemone, Sea, 584. Angel Shark, 464. Angler, or Fishing Frog, 433. Angling: Sir H. Davy on, 419 ; Gosse on Tropical Fish and Fishing, ib. Angora Cat, 85. Angora Goat, 165. Animalcules, Wheel, 579,580. Annelida, 574. Anomalure, 195. Antelope, Harnessed, 160; Sable, ib.; Indian, 162; Saiga, ib.; Prong-horned, ib.; African, ib.; Four- horned, 163; Bubaline, ib.; Kangaroo, 219. Anthill, after Smeathman, 487. Ants, 485—504; Ancient no- tices of, ib.; Habits and Labours described by Quatrefages, 485—491. Ant’s Nest, 503. Ant-Bear, 214. Ant-eater, 212. Ant-Lion, 477; its Trap, ib.; Larva,Cocoon, and Pupa,ib. Ant-Thrush, 271. Anura (Batrachia), 404. Apes and Monkeys, 17—51. Aphidce (Insects), 473. Aplysia hybrida, 551. Apteryx australis, 347. Apus productus, 533. Arab Horse, 134. Arabian Gazelle, 161. Aragueto Monkey, 47. Arapaimi (fish of the Ama- zons), 451. Archer, W. : Chlamydo- myxa, 608: Clatlirulina, 609. Arctic Fox, 102. Arctocebus calabarensis (Le- mur), 55. Ardluk (or Grampus), 131. Argali, 166. Argonaut, 539. Argus Pheasant, 303. Armadillo, 213. Amott, Dr.: Albatross, 339. Arthropoda (Insects), 469. Asbjornsen, the Poet Na- turalist, 569; his Discovery of a Starfish, ib. Ascidians, 566. Asp, 381, 382. Ass, 135—137. , Persian, 135. Asteria rubens, 570. Astrophyton Agassizii, 568. Ateles Monkey, 43. Atelochirus Monkey, 43. Atractaspis (a venomous snake), 386. Audouin: Marmosets, 50. Audubon : Roseate Tern, 336; Turtle, 357, 358. Auk, Great, 342. Australian Gavial, 362. Saw-fish, 464. Avahi, 51. Avocet, 323. Axis Deer, 155. Axolotl, 402. Aye-Aye, 56. B Babbling Thrush, 238. Babiroussa, 144. Baboons, 35, 36 ; Arabian (Hamadryas), 35; Yellow, 36; Mummies of, 36; their Food, 37. Bactrian Camel, 149. Badger, 108, 109. Bahia, Snakes of, 390. Baikal Lake, Fish in, 433. Bait Worms, 576, 577. Baker, Sir Samuel: Nubian Antelope, 161. Balearic Crane, 326. Ballan’s Wrasse, 435. Band Fishes, 434. Bandicoot, 217, 218. Bangsring, 66, 67. Barbary Ape, 40; Preventing the Capture of Gibraltar, 41. Barbary Deer, 155. Barbel, 450. Barbet, African, 274. Barb Pigeon, 293. Barn Owl and its Charac- teristics, 318. Bartlett, E.: Ateles varie- gatus, 43; Aard-wolf, 93; Panda, 113. Basket Fish, 568. Batrachia, 396. Bats, 57—64. Bay Antelope, 163. Bear-baiting, 116. Bearded Tortoise, 356. Bears, 113—118: Polar, 114; Brown, 115; Killed in Scotland, in 1057, ib.; of Kamtchatka, 116; Syrian, ib.; Black, 117 ; Grizzly, ib.; Malayan, 118 ; Sloth, ib.; Spectacled, ib. Beavers, 188, 189. Beccafico, 234. Bed Bug, 475. Bee-eater, 276. Beefeater, African, 267. Beehive, Intenor of a, 507. Bees, 505—508 ; Cashmere, 505. Beetles, 495. (See Coleop- tera, Scarabeus, Burying Beetles, Colarado.) Bell Bird of Brazil, 270. Bell, Dr. Thomns: Shrikes, 244; Blind - worm, 373 ; Sand Lizard, 374; Vivi- parous Lizard, 375; Viper, 381; Ringed Snake, 394; Bennett, George: Siamang, 28; Jaguar and Leopard compared, 82; Griffin Vul- ture, 309, 310; Jabiru, 329,330; Flying Fish, 449; Physalia, 595. Bennett's Ichneumon, 91. Wallaby, 219. Benteot, 246. Bernicle Goose, 332. Beroe Forskalii, 597. Bewick on the Jay, 245. Bewick's Swan, 333. Bhoura Bee, 506. Binturong, 90. Biology defined, 2. Birchall, Edwin: The Three- toed Sloth, 211. Birds, 223—347. Birds of Paradise, 251. Bird-winged Butterfly, 521. Bipalium Grayii, 580. Bison, 157. Hunting the, 158. Bitterns, 327. Bivalves, 538, 554—565. Black Ape, 42. Black-backed Gull, 336. Black Bear, 117. Blackbird, 229, Blackcap, 234. Black Grouse, 300. Black - mouthed Dog Fish, 463. Black-necked Swan, 333. Black Rat, 176. Redstart, 236. Swan, 333. Bladder-nosed Hooded Seal, 125. Blaps (Churchyard Beetle), 498. Bleak, 451. Blennies, 433. Bless Bok, 163. Blind-fish of the Kentucky Caverns, 450. Snakes, 395. Blind-worm, 372. Blistering Beetles. 498. Blood System of Batrachia, 397; of Birds, 225; of Fishes, 418; of Insects, 471; of Mammals, 12; of Reptiles, 350. Bluebottle FJy, 510. Blue Shark, 460, 461. Titmouse, 241. Blunt-head Snakes, 389. Blyth, Edward: Megaderma (Bat), 60, 61. Boa Fish, 445. Boar, Wild, 143. Boatbill, 328. Boatman, Water, 475. Bobak, 193. Bombinatoridse (Frogs), 407. Bonaparte, Prince: Italian Field Mice, 182. Bonnet Fleuk (Brill), 442. Limpet, 547, 548, Monkey, 38. Bony Pikes, 457. Book Spiders, 528. Bosch Bok, 160. Bot Fly, 509. Bottle-nosed Whale, 131. Bower Bird, Satin, 253.
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